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later that day -- president obama at the white house. later that day, he discussed his economic plan which has been called abenomics. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for coming. i am delighted to have you here. i am the president of css. i have to share with with you, this is a little story. the more important you are in washington, the worse you are treated when you come to a building. there were six elevators, you could take any one you wanted. but if you're the prime minister of japan, you have to come on the trash elevator. we make you come down to reserve room. that is what it means when you are important. it is called security. we are delighted to have the prime minister here. this is an exciting time for us. we know of his leadership through the years and we are really delighted to have him here. we are excited that he can be with us today. i would especially like to say words of thanks for our colleagues. we are delighted to have you here, a senior advisor to the prime minister is here. the deputy chief and cabinet se
later that day -- president obama at the white house. later that day, he discussed his economic plan which has been called abenomics. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for coming. i am delighted to have you here. i am the president of css. i have to share with with you, this is a little story. the more important you are in washington, the worse you are treated when you come to a building. there were six elevators, you could take any one you wanted. but if you're the prime...
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host: president obama speaking yesterday. bloomberg government has a sequestration powerbroker monitor. what have you learned from this? guest: they have been tracking what brokers say, whether they sound optimistic or pessimistic about a deal. they look at the administration, congressional democrats and republicans and the business community, and you will see that the business -- the administration has sounded the most optimistic, like a deal could happen. that would be next in line at this point. congressional democrats really in the last week, in terms of how likely that think we are going to get to a deal. we have been hearing for some time from congressional republicans to have been pessimistic for some time. it comes on the eve of congressional democrats actually having a vote. senate democrats have a proposal that they are going to be voting on next week that would replace the sequester. clearly some evidence that they don't necessarily think the deal they have come of with is going to go through. the sticking point, 5
host: president obama speaking yesterday. bloomberg government has a sequestration powerbroker monitor. what have you learned from this? guest: they have been tracking what brokers say, whether they sound optimistic or pessimistic about a deal. they look at the administration, congressional democrats and republicans and the business community, and you will see that the business -- the administration has sounded the most optimistic, like a deal could happen. that would be next in line at this...
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what do you think it will be if it is not president obama? >> at the beginning of president clinton's first two is now is the opportune time. what we need to do is to quit complaining and pushed these guys to make the compromise they have to make in order to get something real but that puts our fiscal house in order. >> he spent hours and days in his work, the last person to balance the budget in the united states, by working with newt gingrich and dick armey. he often says he only won, but he is that kind of savvy, mr. steady, if he cannot at ayer admired and deeply, watched him, he is a tremendous man, the best of the best, if he with his skill and negotiating skills cannot get us there, it will not get there, and the markets will do the shot. they do not care a whit about who is president or a whit about democrats or republicans. they care about them, and if anybody cannot figure that out -- they have walks for brains. but senator simpson, you will have the last word here. >> god, i did not want that. >> tell us what will happen to the mar
what do you think it will be if it is not president obama? >> at the beginning of president clinton's first two is now is the opportune time. what we need to do is to quit complaining and pushed these guys to make the compromise they have to make in order to get something real but that puts our fiscal house in order. >> he spent hours and days in his work, the last person to balance the budget in the united states, by working with newt gingrich and dick armey. he often says he only...
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president obama on his way back from leesburg, virginia, where he spoke with house democrats on their annual policy retreat. this morning the president joined congressional members at this year's the s-chip foundation national -- this year's fellowship foundation national prayer breakfast. >[applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. please have a seat. that you for that introduction. i thought he was going to talk about my gray hair. [laughter] it is true that my daughters are gorgeous. that is because my wife is gorgeous. [applause] and my goal is to improve my gene pool. thank you for your wonderful work on behalf of this breakfast, to all of those who have worked so hard to put this together, to the heads of state, members of congress, and my cabinet, religious leaders, distinguished guests, to our at standing speaker, to all the faithful, who journeyed to our capital. michelle lanai are truly honored to be with you this morning. before i begin, i hope people do not mind me taking a moment of personal privilege, i want to say a word about a close friend of min
president obama on his way back from leesburg, virginia, where he spoke with house democrats on their annual policy retreat. this morning the president joined congressional members at this year's the s-chip foundation national -- this year's fellowship foundation national prayer breakfast. >[applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. please have a seat. that you for that introduction. i thought he was going to talk about my gray hair. [laughter] it is true that my...
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and i want obama to talk about these things. and then the people, let them know, republicans, you did not win the election. host: our caller from florida, a democrat says he wants the president to go out on the offensive because he has a mandate. will we hear that kind of a tone? guest: reading the tea leaves, one of the interesting things is, you saw a round of stories in the press that said obama is going to pivot back to the economy in this speech. then the white house said we are not pivotting to the economy. one of the republicans hooked on is that obama has pivoted to the economy over and over and over again throughout his presidency and almost an embarrassment to this point because the recovery is still tepid. guest: it is interesting what the caller has said the president since election day has repeatedly said well, the american people agree with me. i won. every time he introduces a new proposal on gun control, immigration on a balanced approach to the economy, he says, i won the election, the people agree with me. i th
and i want obama to talk about these things. and then the people, let them know, republicans, you did not win the election. host: our caller from florida, a democrat says he wants the president to go out on the offensive because he has a mandate. will we hear that kind of a tone? guest: reading the tea leaves, one of the interesting things is, you saw a round of stories in the press that said obama is going to pivot back to the economy in this speech. then the white house said we are not...
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obama learned this early on. he had a four year head start and with his data machine, they built a kind of grassroots tactical edge that is the model of politics. my favorite example of this is that the obama campaign actually hired a guy in cleveland who is sole job it was to go to work shops all day he'd go to one barbershop, then another, he'd sit around talk to people, what are the hopes and dreams. what is going on in the family. what are their financial problems. so when it came time to turn them out on election day, it's like turning out your friend. now i don't care how much money you put into media buys you cannot done kate that connection with voters. it seems that strategists are catching on. but there has to be a caveyot. 2012 was not 2010. 2010 i would say was a policy referendum on policy issues, healthcare, bailout spending. 2012 at the end of the day was a personality contest at the presidential level. mitt romney was the next white guy in line and like bob dole. no doubt republicans will lose tha
obama learned this early on. he had a four year head start and with his data machine, they built a kind of grassroots tactical edge that is the model of politics. my favorite example of this is that the obama campaign actually hired a guy in cleveland who is sole job it was to go to work shops all day he'd go to one barbershop, then another, he'd sit around talk to people, what are the hopes and dreams. what is going on in the family. what are their financial problems. so when it came time to...
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as it obama's -- president obama's decision to delay on the keystone. mr. harper implement a major pivot and a canadian trade policy away from the united states and toward china. he dropped the keystone as a party and picked up another pipeline, nor the way, which seeks to ship oil to the specific coast so we can go to china -- to the pacific coast so we can go to china. there is possibility president obama can fix the relationship by deciding to proceed with the key some pipeline but there's also a possibility is too late. and that our government has moved on. from what i have read, the decision the president has to make is tricky. it is not clear how it will go. does that sound right to you? >> when i look at the future of canada-u.s. relations, i see it as two separate planes and they go in the opposite directions. the best analogy is that they are headed towards an open marriage. you have these two partners and they started out with this great, fat wedding. a great honeymoon, everything was great and exciting. now we are at a point where people are look
as it obama's -- president obama's decision to delay on the keystone. mr. harper implement a major pivot and a canadian trade policy away from the united states and toward china. he dropped the keystone as a party and picked up another pipeline, nor the way, which seeks to ship oil to the specific coast so we can go to china -- to the pacific coast so we can go to china. there is possibility president obama can fix the relationship by deciding to proceed with the key some pipeline but there's...
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and of course, we are at the beginning of the second term for president obama. our great leader, tom vilsack, has an opportunity to share his visions for the second term. it does seem like it is sequester, sequester, sequester these days, and that does weigh heavily on our shoulders. we are plowing through and going to do great things in the second term. i am sure he is excited to share that with you. i also want to recognize that we have a lot of young people in the audience from the outlook forum student diversity program, now in its seventh year. 20 undergraduates, and for the first time, 10 graduate students, are here to gain insights into food and agriculture. so be sure to seek them out during the breaks. if you see them in the sessions, congratulate them for being here. mentor them a little over the course of a couple days. that would be great. i know how important these young people are, because i have an alumnus of this program, johnnie jones, who works in my office. these are the people who are going to lead american agriculture in the future. many tha
and of course, we are at the beginning of the second term for president obama. our great leader, tom vilsack, has an opportunity to share his visions for the second term. it does seem like it is sequester, sequester, sequester these days, and that does weigh heavily on our shoulders. we are plowing through and going to do great things in the second term. i am sure he is excited to share that with you. i also want to recognize that we have a lot of young people in the audience from the outlook...
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obama with an opportunity to halt the c.i.a.'s drift toward becoming a paramilitary organization and put it back on course. for all the technological advances america's made in the decade of fighting al qaeda, it still needs all the old tricks it learned in the day before spy satellites and droughns drones. more and better human intelligence in sources on the ground will result in more accurate targeting. that would be a yemen model that actually worked and a lasting and more effective counterterrorism legacy for mr. obama's second term. gregory johnson from "the new york times." another good article by patrick pool on june 6 of 2012. obama's assassination czar, a relatively unnoticed article, this is from the article, quoting, by associated press reporter kimberly dozer two weeks ago outlining new obama administration policy changes which consolidated power for authorizing drone attacks and assassinations under political appointees within the white house. the article identified -- identifies white house counterterrorism chief, j
obama with an opportunity to halt the c.i.a.'s drift toward becoming a paramilitary organization and put it back on course. for all the technological advances america's made in the decade of fighting al qaeda, it still needs all the old tricks it learned in the day before spy satellites and droughns drones. more and better human intelligence in sources on the ground will result in more accurate targeting. that would be a yemen model that actually worked and a lasting and more effective...
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they were obama voters and people open to alternatives. but by the third person in their to split this republican for an alternative. >> matt, did you ever think there is going to be, forget larry johnson or ron paul, but just polarized that? >> i don't think i ever really thought about this seriously, but to the questioners question, that are paul was someone we took serious from the beginning of our primary read it to the day of her convention that we were fortunate. you know, dr. paul and his supporters are anybody who underestimates them to sit at their own peril. we were fortunate the government of a relationship. >> they had debated between the 2008 primary and the 2012 primary. i think they had debated 37 times together. i do want to speak for them, but he is a nice man, so we always took dr. paul seriously in the primary were very happy he stayed. >> you think without that personal relationship he might've been right to? >> i don't know. but it's important to treat people with respect. >> hi, thank you. in hindsight, is there any c
they were obama voters and people open to alternatives. but by the third person in their to split this republican for an alternative. >> matt, did you ever think there is going to be, forget larry johnson or ron paul, but just polarized that? >> i don't think i ever really thought about this seriously, but to the questioners question, that are paul was someone we took serious from the beginning of our primary read it to the day of her convention that we were fortunate. you know, dr....
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president obama is committed to moving forward on that and so am i. so must you be ready to join us in that effort. [applause] can we all say thank you to our signers? [applause] so, think about all these things i've listed. think about the world as you see it today. let's face it, we're all in this one together. no nation can stand alone. we share nothing so completely as our planet. when we work with others to develop and deploy clean technologies that will power a new world -- six trillion dollar market waiting -- huge amount of jobs, when we do that, we know we are helping create new markets and opportunities for america's second to none innovators and entrepreneurs so that we can succeed in the next great revolution in our marketplace. we need to commit ourselves to doing the smart thing and the right thing and to truly take on this challenge. if we don't rise to meet it, then rising temperatures and rising the levels will surely lead to rising costs down the road. ask any insurance company in america. if we waste this opportunity, it may be the
president obama is committed to moving forward on that and so am i. so must you be ready to join us in that effort. [applause] can we all say thank you to our signers? [applause] so, think about all these things i've listed. think about the world as you see it today. let's face it, we're all in this one together. no nation can stand alone. we share nothing so completely as our planet. when we work with others to develop and deploy clean technologies that will power a new world -- six trillion...
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it was the obama plan from the beginning. of course now we see obama and the democrats talking about congress. it was a some symbols obama idea. >> it is a little off topic, i will let you go, but the sequester is set to happen next friday, march 1. the pentagon is addressing that next friday and there will be a news conference coming up at 1:00 p.m. eastern to talk about pentagon plans on c-span 2 at 1:00. gail is on the democrat line. what did you think of the secretary's speech? >> i thought that his speech was excellent. i am really grateful for the secretary and what he is doing. we live in an interdependent world and it is important that we give foreign policy rights. that also includes getting the budget right. that is the message around the world. if we want to be successful, we need to do this at home, we need to make sure that we are sending the message of who americans are out of the world. thank you so much, senator -- secretary carry, for what you're doing. >> john, independent line. >> i would like -- i like to
it was the obama plan from the beginning. of course now we see obama and the democrats talking about congress. it was a some symbols obama idea. >> it is a little off topic, i will let you go, but the sequester is set to happen next friday, march 1. the pentagon is addressing that next friday and there will be a news conference coming up at 1:00 p.m. eastern to talk about pentagon plans on c-span 2 at 1:00. gail is on the democrat line. what did you think of the secretary's speech?...
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while the obama administration has designated that attack a workplace violence. the survivors cannot get assistance. major asan was influenced by awlaki. killed by a drone missile. now the people involved are not getting the necessary help. the secretary of defense, panetta, the chairman of joint chiefs, attorney general holder ngs and the president of the united states have failed, have failed the people and continue to fail the people that were wounded and killed and the families at fort hood. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. cohen: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. today is the birthday of abraham lincoln. unfortunately, not many americans probably know that because february 12 used to be a date that people remembered. now it's just presidents' day. a weekend vacation. a movie has been presented, an award winning movie about president lincoln. a gr
while the obama administration has designated that attack a workplace violence. the survivors cannot get assistance. major asan was influenced by awlaki. killed by a drone missile. now the people involved are not getting the necessary help. the secretary of defense, panetta, the chairman of joint chiefs, attorney general holder ngs and the president of the united states have failed, have failed the people and continue to fail the people that were wounded and killed and the families at fort...
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they are calling it the obama sequester. come on. don't they remember their pledge to grover norquist that has forever bound them to starving the federal government of revenue? now, look where that got us when they threatened to default on the debt. it got us the sequester. they refused to compromise and forced us into another self-made arbitrary crisis. no, it's not an obama sequester. it's a grover norquister. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: madam speaker, as the sun was rising in the iraqi desert, three dozen mortgage arse rained down on camp liberty. camp liberty is where innocent iranian exaisles, including women and children, live. this unprovoked attack left six people dead and dozens wounded. now, who was responsible? was it the iraqis, the iranians? looks to me that both governments should be held accountable. these dissidents stand for
they are calling it the obama sequester. come on. don't they remember their pledge to grover norquist that has forever bound them to starving the federal government of revenue? now, look where that got us when they threatened to default on the debt. it got us the sequester. they refused to compromise and forced us into another self-made arbitrary crisis. no, it's not an obama sequester. it's a grover norquister. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek...
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i think this is very much open to president obama as he takes to the house. he talks about the desire to work together for a true balanced approach, not a balanced approach that is not balanced. he could be met halfway by john boehner and the house republicans. that saves the country. it is my pleasure to call up my former budget committee chairman. it is nice to be part of a group with people you have read about in history books. this fellow i did serve with. jim nussle. >> thank you. hopefully not in the history books in just yet. i am jim nussle from iowa. i and the former house budget chairman. learned a lot from watching them work together. and the people on this stage. they're all out of hand in working the process to a successful conclusion many times while the serbs in congress. i am co-chair of the committee for responsible federal budget. we thought it would be important to tap the resources of people who have actually been there, it done that, had a number of teachers to their credit of having accomplished deficit .eduction the seem to be a foreign
i think this is very much open to president obama as he takes to the house. he talks about the desire to work together for a true balanced approach, not a balanced approach that is not balanced. he could be met halfway by john boehner and the house republicans. that saves the country. it is my pleasure to call up my former budget committee chairman. it is nice to be part of a group with people you have read about in history books. this fellow i did serve with. jim nussle. >> thank you....
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obama and mr. boehner to avoid the debt limit being violated and having america's credit undermined. that is when it was brought up because it was republican policy and that was maybe part of a compromise which it ended up being. 222 republicans voted today, 96% of the caucus, to go home, to go home for a week without a way to turn off the sequestered. they are once again walking away from the american people. you may remember when unemployment insurance was at rest, i said they were walking away from 6 million people. they walked away from middle- class tax cuts. i assume that when they say this, in advertising their adjournment resolution, they called it rules resolution prohibiting democratic grandstanding on the house floor. not only with and not put mr. van hollen's the decision on the floor two weeks ago, not put it on the floor this week, they will not even open the for the discussion to the representatives of the american people. i assume that grandstanding they are referring to is when we
obama and mr. boehner to avoid the debt limit being violated and having america's credit undermined. that is when it was brought up because it was republican policy and that was maybe part of a compromise which it ended up being. 222 republicans voted today, 96% of the caucus, to go home, to go home for a week without a way to turn off the sequestered. they are once again walking away from the american people. you may remember when unemployment insurance was at rest, i said they were walking...
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we'll hear from house members and senators as well as president obama. the prayer breakfast gets under way at 8:00 a.m. eastern. you can follow live coverage on c-span 2. >> what i've discovered in my -- as i've gotten older and more mature is that the absolute worst strategy to achieve happiness in life is to make that your primary goal. if you make happiness actually what you're striving for, you will not probably achieve it. instead you'll end up being sort of narcissistic, self-involved, caring about your own pleasures and your own satisfactions in life as your paramount goal. what i found is that happiness is best thought of as a byproduct of other things. it's a byproduct of meaningful work and family and friends and good health and love and care. we get happiness not by aiming directly for it but by throwing ourselves into life projects, involving ourselves in fundamentally trying to have integrity and being a good person. >> in "conscious capitalism," whole foods co-founder and c.e.o. john mackey examines how the inherent good of business and cap
we'll hear from house members and senators as well as president obama. the prayer breakfast gets under way at 8:00 a.m. eastern. you can follow live coverage on c-span 2. >> what i've discovered in my -- as i've gotten older and more mature is that the absolute worst strategy to achieve happiness in life is to make that your primary goal. if you make happiness actually what you're striving for, you will not probably achieve it. instead you'll end up being sort of narcissistic,...
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and what is called the obama knowledge initiative. we also have immediately employable skills. earlier this month, we made a good beginning with the events focusing on explaining how community colleges work. as many colleges were represented. ladies and gentlemen, let me endeavor to draw my presentation to a conclusion and recommendation on the way forward. there is a more effective cooperation on terrorism and there is strong support for a partnership. and there is an impact on the region. we recognize and welcome your enduring commitment. we hope that our concerns will also factor in your calculations. the relationship between us, and as you recalibrate your presence, we hope that the transformation of our relationship can go forward based on what each side can bring to the table. we need to do more to make defense cooperation part of a new normal. weakened by a simple process solutions to enable your company is to make valuable money to meet our defense requirements. we also have the joint production of defense. we can move to make this happen rather than inviting each other
and what is called the obama knowledge initiative. we also have immediately employable skills. earlier this month, we made a good beginning with the events focusing on explaining how community colleges work. as many colleges were represented. ladies and gentlemen, let me endeavor to draw my presentation to a conclusion and recommendation on the way forward. there is a more effective cooperation on terrorism and there is strong support for a partnership. and there is an impact on the region. we...
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you know, president obama's wife, our first lady, michelle obama, had seated next to ms. herseth sandlin: own guest, -- to her her own guest, she was shot down in chicago but only a few weeks before she had been performing for her country at the president's inauguration. and so whether it was ordinary members of congress who just brought different people or it was the president or the first lady, the people who can speak most eloquently about the need for sane, sensible gun violence reform were here, mr. speaker, were here and were present in this gallery so that they could be at a witness and presence on the need. and what did president obama say? he said, give us a vote. he said, give us a vote. . i say to the republican house majority, why are you afraid? let's have a vote. let's count who is for sensible gun violence prevention and who is not. who is for closing loopholes that allow people to escape background checks and make sure that anybody who gets a firearm, an instrument that is dangerous by any account, at least we know that this person is sane and legally qual
you know, president obama's wife, our first lady, michelle obama, had seated next to ms. herseth sandlin: own guest, -- to her her own guest, she was shot down in chicago but only a few weeks before she had been performing for her country at the president's inauguration. and so whether it was ordinary members of congress who just brought different people or it was the president or the first lady, the people who can speak most eloquently about the need for sane, sensible gun violence reform were...
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obama a thank-yo thank you. [applause] this will be one of the top priorities, and we have already begun work on it. when the national conference of america and indians was established, it was to bring a voice and to native people and force -- and force the treaties that were signed. these live on in our relationship, which i say is a very mature relationship built on our constitution and federal law. indiannt keel say country is strongid -- say indian country is stronger -- said indian country is strong. "the 370 treaties which were compelled to sign and ratify our tribal and legal imperatives. they represent the blood, tears and lives of many ancestors. they are notes for a great and strong nation. the subsistence of people say those treaties were good for all mankind. as long as the waters flow and the grass grows and as long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, we are promised -- and their trust remains important to us." i am asking us today in 2013 to renew what that great tribal leader said i
obama a thank-yo thank you. [applause] this will be one of the top priorities, and we have already begun work on it. when the national conference of america and indians was established, it was to bring a voice and to native people and force -- and force the treaties that were signed. these live on in our relationship, which i say is a very mature relationship built on our constitution and federal law. indiannt keel say country is strongid -- say indian country is stronger -- said indian country...
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signed, barack obama, the white house, february 4, 2013. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 6:30 p.m. >> here's a look at our prime time schedule after the house of representatives new york mayor cory booker, up coming state of the union address. that's here on c-span. at 8:00 p.m. eastern the commutetors the ahead community -- special inspector general for afghanistan says the u.s. spent more than $50 billion to help build a afghan national security force. he said the u.s. is missing key information about the force. he spoke to the center of strategic and international study. >> welcome. it is my pleasure today to be hosting john sofco who is the special inspector general for the afghanistan construct. he has been a state and federal prosecutor. he has been congressional council, senior government advisor. he has been the chief council for oversight and investigations for the house committee on energy and
signed, barack obama, the white house, february 4, 2013. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 6:30 p.m. >> here's a look at our prime time schedule after the house of representatives new york mayor cory booker, up coming state of the union address. that's here on c-span. at 8:00 p.m. eastern the commutetors the ahead community -- special inspector general...
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president obama need your help. to help us, to do everything we can to strengthen our nation and to carry those ideals out into the world. here, we can do the best of things you can do in government. that's what excites me. we get to try to make our nation safer. get to try to make peace in the world, a world where there is far too much conflict, far too much killing. there are alternatives. we get to try to cure disease and empower people who have no voice. we get to talk about empowering people through our ideals and through those ideals hopefully they can change their lives. that's what's happening in the world today. we get to live the ideals of our nation which and in doing , so i think we can make our country stronger and we can make the world more peaceful. so i look forward to joining with you as we march down this road together living the ideals of our country, which is the best imagined. what other job can you get up and advance the cause of nation and keep faith with the ideals of your country on which it
president obama need your help. to help us, to do everything we can to strengthen our nation and to carry those ideals out into the world. here, we can do the best of things you can do in government. that's what excites me. we get to try to make our nation safer. get to try to make peace in the world, a world where there is far too much conflict, far too much killing. there are alternatives. we get to try to cure disease and empower people who have no voice. we get to talk about empowering...
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obama adopt a resolution. it appears to me, mr. speaker, regard air force one very casually and i believe on some occasions two planes, at least two planes go to the same destination. air force one, mr. speaker, belongs to president and mrs. obama. but air force one also belongs to the american taxpayer. and i would welcome a new year's resolution that would provide generous lace of all future air force one dispatches with prudence, discipline and last but certainly not least fiscal austerity. america's taxpayers will be appreciative. incidentally, mr. speaker, air force one, designated by the air force as dc-25, incurs an operational cost per hour of $179,750, and on some occasions, additional aircraft accompany air force one by naturally adding to the cost. i'm going to now, mr. speaker, insert my -- that involve the former secretary of state, mrs. clinton, during a recent senate hearing. a senator who was examining secretary clinton suggested or implied that the administration may have misstated the nature of the benghazi attack
obama adopt a resolution. it appears to me, mr. speaker, regard air force one very casually and i believe on some occasions two planes, at least two planes go to the same destination. air force one, mr. speaker, belongs to president and mrs. obama. but air force one also belongs to the american taxpayer. and i would welcome a new year's resolution that would provide generous lace of all future air force one dispatches with prudence, discipline and last but certainly not least fiscal austerity....
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president obama has scheduled a meeting with congressional leaders at the white house on friday. speaker boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi and the senate leaders, harry reid and mitch mcconnell friday at the white house. the president will be speaking at the business council dinner in the nation capital and expect to hear remarks about the sequester and live coverage coming up in 15 minutes at 7:30 eastern. the president was on capitol hill joining congressional leaders and others for a ceremony dedicating a statue of rosa parks. here's a look. >> out of selfishness or out of fear or simple lack of moral imagination, we so often spend our lives as if in a fault, accepting injustice, rationalizing inequity, tolerating the intolerable, like the bus driver, but also like the passengers on the bus. we see the way things are, children hungry in a land of plenty, entire neighborhoods ravaged by violence, families hobbled by job loss or illness and we make excuses for inaction. and we say to ourselves, that's not my responsibility. there's nothing i can do. rosa parks tells us,
president obama has scheduled a meeting with congressional leaders at the white house on friday. speaker boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi and the senate leaders, harry reid and mitch mcconnell friday at the white house. the president will be speaking at the business council dinner in the nation capital and expect to hear remarks about the sequester and live coverage coming up in 15 minutes at 7:30 eastern. the president was on capitol hill joining congressional leaders and others for...
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i asked the president and president obama to join the house in -- the senate and president obama to join the house in doing this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? without objection. mr. higgins: mr. speaker, sequestration is will have serious consequences for the niagara falls air reserve station which is tremendously important to the economy of western new york. if congress does not repeal the sequester, the air force will delay the construction of a $6.1 million flight simulator at the base, a project that is critical to securing the base's continued operation. there would also be an impact on jobs. 2,300 air force civilians in new york will be furloughed, causing 17.7 million -- $17.7 million in lost wages across the state. mr. speaker, sequestration was the ransom the tea party demanded when it held the american economy hostage over the debt limit. but with 750,000 american jobs at stake, this process will inflict real and permanent damage on the american economy. congress
i asked the president and president obama to join the house in -- the senate and president obama to join the house in doing this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? without objection. mr. higgins: mr. speaker, sequestration is will have serious consequences for the niagara falls air reserve station which is tremendously important to the economy of western new york. if congress does not...
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president obama spoke to u.s. governors at the white house. >> we should be asking ourselves three questions every day. how do we make america a magnet for good jobs? how do we equip our people to get those jobs? and how we make sure that the hard work pays off? governors, you are the ones on the ground, seeing firsthand every single day what works and what does not. that is what makes you indispensable. you ran for office to do everything you could to make folks lives better. the last thing you want to see is washington get in the way of progress. unfortunately, in four days, congress is poised to allow a series of arbitrary and automatic budget cuts kick in that will slow our economy and eliminate good jobs, leaving a lot of folks pretty thin the stretched, scrambling to figure out what to do. this morning, you received a report on how these cuts will harm middle-class families. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. tens of thousands of parents will have to deal with finding child care for our fu
president obama spoke to u.s. governors at the white house. >> we should be asking ourselves three questions every day. how do we make america a magnet for good jobs? how do we equip our people to get those jobs? and how we make sure that the hard work pays off? governors, you are the ones on the ground, seeing firsthand every single day what works and what does not. that is what makes you indispensable. you ran for office to do everything you could to make folks lives better. the last...
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and bad leadership from president obama is to be blame. in the last four years almost every important budget deadline has been met with impasse and little has been done to enact a responsible budget. systematic failure to perform the basic responsibilities of governing has led us to the catastrophic sequestration we see today. president obama came up with this idea for the sequester as a temporary solution to another fiscal crisis in 2011. as we have been saying for months, house republicans are the only ones who have taken action to balance the budget. the last congress the house passed two bills. the sequester replacement and reconciliation act, and the spending reduction act. however in recent remarks at the white house, president obama attempted to blame house republicans who control only one half of 1/3 of the government for the looming cuts. if there is going to be a solution, president obama is going to have to work with his own political party in the senate and negotiate with the house. yet all the president has done so far is call
and bad leadership from president obama is to be blame. in the last four years almost every important budget deadline has been met with impasse and little has been done to enact a responsible budget. systematic failure to perform the basic responsibilities of governing has led us to the catastrophic sequestration we see today. president obama came up with this idea for the sequester as a temporary solution to another fiscal crisis in 2011. as we have been saying for months, house republicans...
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. >> president obama met with u.s. governors earlier today at the white house. he called on congressional republicans to compromise to avoid across-the-board sequester cut scheduled to go no effect on friday. this is 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i tell you what, i did not know jack was as good as he is. until i heard that rym last night. jack, if you had done that -- jack, if you had done that, i would be introducing you hear. thank you but all, very, very much. you are all much more disciplined than the place that i lived for 36 years up on the hill. you run ahead of schedule. the president is with me. thank you for being here. we have a lot to work on, from fixing a broken immigration system to rebuilding our nation's infrastructure to this new word everyone in america is learning about, "sequester." this town, unlike maybe your capitols, is i hope temporarily frozen and not stopped in intense partisanship, the likes of which i have only seen the last couple of years in my career. but you know, the american people move in different ways. and
. >> president obama met with u.s. governors earlier today at the white house. he called on congressional republicans to compromise to avoid across-the-board sequester cut scheduled to go no effect on friday. this is 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i tell you what, i did not know jack was as good as he is. until i heard that rym last night. jack, if you had done that -- jack, if you had done that, i would be introducing you hear. thank you but all, very, very much....
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president obama's former chief of staff will succeed tim geithner. the vote was 19-5. here's a look at our schedule starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, the day from the senate floor on chuck hagel's nomination. remarks from attorney general holder in reducing gun violence and gun control laws. and the senate finance committee holds a hearing on the automatic budget cuts. coming up next, a house homeland security subcommittee hearing on maritime border security. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning everyone and the committee on homeland security, our subcommittee on borders and maritime security will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to examine our nation's border security. we have an all-star panel of witnesses here this morning. michael fisher who is the chief of the united states border patrol, kevin mcaleenan, acting assist ant commissioner in the office of field operations at customs and border protection and admiral william lee, deputy for operations, policy and capabilities at the united states coast guard. rebecca gambler, director
president obama's former chief of staff will succeed tim geithner. the vote was 19-5. here's a look at our schedule starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, the day from the senate floor on chuck hagel's nomination. remarks from attorney general holder in reducing gun violence and gun control laws. and the senate finance committee holds a hearing on the automatic budget cuts. coming up next, a house homeland security subcommittee hearing on maritime border security. this is an hour and 45...
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time, you met with president obama for a regularly scheduled meeting, during which you discussed the attack at benghazi that had happened about an hour and 20 minutes earlier. you said the total meeting lasted roughly 30 minutes. how much of the meeting would you estimate covered benghazi? we teed up up that issue when we walked into the oval office, i would say the first 15 or 20 minutes was spent othat as well as cairo and what might happen there. >> and after that 15 or 20 minutes' discussion of benghazi, do i understand your testimony correct that neither of you had any subsequent conversations with the president the rest of that day and that evening? >> we continued to talk, i think we teed up some other issues that we were dealing with at the time to inform the president, and then once that concluded we both went back to the pentagon and immediately i ordered the deployment of these forces into place. >> in between 9:4 p.m., benghazi time, when the first attack started, and 5:15 a.m., when mr. dowerity and mr. woods lost their -- mr. dougherty and mr. woods lost their lives, wh
time, you met with president obama for a regularly scheduled meeting, during which you discussed the attack at benghazi that had happened about an hour and 20 minutes earlier. you said the total meeting lasted roughly 30 minutes. how much of the meeting would you estimate covered benghazi? we teed up up that issue when we walked into the oval office, i would say the first 15 or 20 minutes was spent othat as well as cairo and what might happen there. >> and after that 15 or 20 minutes'...
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speaker, tonight in this house chamber president obama will give his state of the union address to a joint session of congress. article 2, section 3 of the constitution requires that the president, whomever it may be, shall, from time to time, give to congress information on the state of the union. george washington, the first president, addressed the joint session of congress. but thomas jefferson and each succeeding president up until 1913, presented a written statement of the state of the union to the house and senate. so from 1801 until 1913 presidents submitted a written state of the union and on april 8, 1913, woodrow wilson like george washington addressed a joint session of congress, and that has been the manner of our state of the union by every president since, with the exception of herber hoover. so -- herbert hoover. so today i'm asking for another little change in the state of the union. i think that we should consider a requirement that the president on a day that coincides with the state of the union also have the federal government make a formal declaration of nationa
speaker, tonight in this house chamber president obama will give his state of the union address to a joint session of congress. article 2, section 3 of the constitution requires that the president, whomever it may be, shall, from time to time, give to congress information on the state of the union. george washington, the first president, addressed the joint session of congress. but thomas jefferson and each succeeding president up until 1913, presented a written statement of the state of the...
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curators exploring the lives of the women who served as first lady from martha washington to michelle obama. in a first of its kind project for television. season one begins monday night at nine o'clock eastern pacific on c-span and c-span.org. >> senate judiciary subcommittee chairman dick durbin of the commission on reducing gun violence. witness included victims of gun violence and constitutional law attorneys. congress is considering several proposals to curb on violence such as banning assault weapons and curbing cartridges. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. today's hearing is entitled, proposals to reduce gun violence. protecting our communities while respecting the second amendment. this is the first hearing of this constitutional subcommittee. i want to welcome my ranking republican member, senator ted cruz of texas. thank you for joining us at this committee hearing, as well as my other colleagues. i also want to thank senator pat leahy for giving us the opportunity to have this hearing today. we are pleased to have such a large audience for the he
curators exploring the lives of the women who served as first lady from martha washington to michelle obama. in a first of its kind project for television. season one begins monday night at nine o'clock eastern pacific on c-span and c-span.org. >> senate judiciary subcommittee chairman dick durbin of the commission on reducing gun violence. witness included victims of gun violence and constitutional law attorneys. congress is considering several proposals to curb on violence such as...